The meaning of DERIVE is to take, receive, or obtain especially from a specified source. How to use derive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Derive.

Add to word list coming from or caused by something else: derived products (Definition of derived from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

1. a. To obtain or receive from a source: a dance that is derived from the samba; confidence that is derived from years of experience. b. Chemistry To produce or obtain (a compound) from …

6 days ago · derived (not comparable) (systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

to come from or trace from a source or origin: [ ~ + obj + from + obj]: We can derive the word deduct from Latin.[ ~ + from + obj]: The word deduct derives from Latin. de•rive (di rīv′), v., …

DERIVED definition: received, obtained, or arising from a particular source or in a particular way. See examples of derived used in a sentence.

If you say that something such as a word or feeling derives or is derived from something else, you mean that it comes from that thing.